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Adrenaline-lovers of the Arctic Circlehttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/sep/11/extremesportsholidays.sweden
Joe Cawley fearlessly swapped the comfort of the pub for a weekend of icy adventures in Swedish Lapland - but he hadn't reckoned on dealing with a rebel husky named Ranger<p>Sometimes it's not enough to let off steam after a week of the nine to five just walking to the pub and back. Every now and then you need to flex that bit further, push yourself to the limits and return to work knackered but with an immense sense of self-satisfaction. I headed off to play in the Fisher Price Activity Centre of winter fun - Scandinavia.</p><p>Frank Sinatra crooned &quot;we're on the road to romance ...&quot; as the plane touched down at Kiruna, 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. It looked more like the road to nowhere. The terminal was half buried under drifting snow and all around the desolate landscape boasted no more than frozen wasteland veined by naked trees. Still, it wasn't Albert Square and that's all that mattered. I was here to do battle with the elements, my own comfort zone and unbeknown to me, a rebel husky named Ranger.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/sep/11/extremesportsholidays.sweden">Continue reading...</a>Extreme sports holidaysTravelSwedenLaplandArcticThu, 11 Sep 2003 18:31:25 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/sep/11/extremesportsholidays.swedenJoe Cawley2003-09-11T18:31:25Z